This award highlights groundbreaking methodological advancements and major impact in AI resulting from recent PhD graduates. Our jury members rank candidates’ dissertation based on originality, significance, potential impact on theory and/or practice and quality of presentation.
The jury decided to award the first BNVKI (Benelux Association for Artificial Intelligence) PhD dissertation award to Emile van Krieken. Emile received his degree with the distinction on cum laude at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam for his dissertation Optimisation in Neurosymbolic Learning Systems. Emile’s research has been highly influential and widely cited, reflecting the quality and impact of his work.
In addition to the award recipient, the jury recognizes the quality of the dissertation of the runner-up candidates, in order:
- Simon Vandevelde (KU Leuven) for his dissertation Simplifying Knowledge Base Creation for Experts
- David Romero (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) for his dissertation The Good, the Efficient and the Inductive Biases: Exploring Efficiency in Deep Learning Through the Use of Inductive Biases
On behalf of the jury and the board of the BNVKI, we congratulate the awardee and the runner-up candidates for their exceptional work.
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